What is the penalty for a positive drug test?
The penalty for positive tests of both performance-enhancing and street drugs is strict and automatic. Student-athletes lose one full year of eligibility for the first offense (25 percent of their total eligibility) and are withheld from competition for a full season. A second positive test for street drugs results in another lost year of eligibility and year withheld from competition. A second positive result for PED usage will render the student-athlete permanently ineligible.
What is the penalty for failing a school-issued drug test?
Each NCAA member is responsible for determining whether to establish an institutional drug-testing program, at which time the school would be responsible for determining applicable penalties. If a testing program is established, though, the school is obligated to enforce the penalties. Failure to do so can lead to NCAA sanctions.
So it is my understanding that a self imposed suspension would keep CO from losing a year of eligibility. Not sure if he would lose that eligibility this year or next.
Thank you seem we have a few here who would be happy with the Syracuse type morality
I would be very happy with a program that is guilty of some under the table payments, some academic fraud and some failed drug tests than a program like ours, for example who is guilty of under the table payments, failed drug tests, assault and oh yea, murder.
Give me SU and all of their massively insignificant "crimes" to go along with their wins over top 25 programs, their NCAA appearances and the success at getting talent to the next level.
I'd be able to live with myself just fine.